Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping unveiled his main supporting cast for his record-breaking third term as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party on October 23, 2022. Xi promoted rising stars Li Qiang, Li Xi, Ding Xuexiang and Cai Qi to China’s highest decision-making body. Together with ideology tsar Wang Huning, 67, and anti-corruption chief Zhao Leji, 65, they will form the party’s new Politburo Standing Committee.